The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-10

comfort md SuStenance OF our little Or
phans. Remember the little ones at Ok
ford, Thomasville and Charlotte, and
make them happy.
"A man may now build his house of
paper, get his -four from a paper barrel,
drink his water from a paper bucket, eat
his dinner from a paper plate, ride on cars
with paper wheels, wipe his face with a
paper handkerchief, buy his wife a paper
piano, and finally be buried in a paper
coffin, which is paid for with a piece
of paper, and the announcement is made
on another piece.
The city council of Greenville S. c..
has unanimously passed a resolution ask
ing the Legislature Of the State, to allow
the city to exempt from taxation for ten
years, all manufacturing enterprises hereaf-
ter established in that city. Georgia cit
les did this some years ago and it is
claimed that it gave an impesus to manu-
featuring such as had never been seen be-
fore. Several efforts to get similar legis-
lation in this State lave been made but
without effect.
BRO. T. b. Robertson has been
visiting some of the Alliances of
Granville county and gives a most
encouraging report Of their spirit
spirit and progress. When we hal have
perfected the machinery for the organiza-
ton of the State, the movement will 90
with the power of a cyclone. The farm
ers are fully aroused to the Importance of
organization and are ready to come to-
ancc should not be loo, 600 strong in this
State within twelve months.
The New England Tobacco Growers
Association is demanding in strongest
terms the abolition of the internal revenue
take on tobacco. If the farmers want
legislation which will protect and foster
their interests, they must begin at the
bottom-they must 90 into their primary
political meetings and secure candidates
III tIt itACllllllCN Will bIlt11 IlIICItoCS-
Legislative reform must begin in the
minds Of. the people and it must be insti-
tuted in the primary meetings, and it can
and will only be done by the farmers
themselves.
The State Wheel Of Jackson, Tenn.
under the head Of "~humbugs" writes a
most scathing article, in which is reviewed
the Agricultural Department and also the
Department Of Agriculture of Tenn. In
speaking Of the latter it says: "The
farmers Of Tennessee need all A~gricult-
ural Bureau. 1t is where they cling with
a faint hope of something which will bet
ter their condition. They want a source
Of reliable crop reports (Which it never
gives,) but they are not willing to main
tain it any longer at such an expensive
rate, simply to keep few pestiferous hot
Mouse politicians in Office"
| H. C. Baily, Of Ellington, Harnett
county, a colored magistrate for that
county, brought to our Office a specimen
of cotton for which he claims superior
merit. He discovered one stalk in 1885
on his farm and its peculiarly Of growth
and form attracted his attention. He
was careful to save the seed from this one
stalk from which he obtained 16 stalks
last year. This year he was able to plant
one-fourth Of an acre. He says one OF
our largest cotton buyers says he would
willingly pay Is cents per pound for 100
bales of it. He further says that a promi-
nent farmer in Harnett has offered him
$50 per bushel for the seed. The fiber is
of unusual length and very fine and silky.
The seed are very small and it is evident
ly very prolific. We hope it is all that he
claims for it, and that he will succeed in
introducing it. lGl II
Ut is claimed that the Goodyears dis \
covered the process Of vulcanizing rubber,
but the discovery was an accident. There
is an old house standing in the town of
Newberne Cor was a few years ago.
whose roof was lined with vulcanized
rubber long years ago by John Gill, and
who was the real inventor of revolving
fire arms. It was from Gill that Colt got
his idea which brought him over
$13, 900, 900 through the sale of Colts
revolver. Gill died penniless and his
name is not known to one in a thousand
avon in North Carolina We have school